2023 Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Human Development and Family Studies for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 9,497 people earned their degree in general human development and family studies, making the major the 88th most popular in the United States.
Across California, there were 1,561 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Human Development and Family Studies for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general human development and family studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general human development and family studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general human development and family studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Human Development and Family Studies for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree vets studying human development and family studies.
Top 2 Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Human Development and Family Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific Oaks College landed the #1 spot on the list. Pacific Oaks College is a small school located in Pasadena, California that handed out 62 masters’s human development and family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Pacific Oaks College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.According to our most recent data, Pacific Oaks College supports 1,238 students, and 14 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 11 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,414. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Pacific Oaks College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Pacific Oaks College]](/colleges/pacific-oaks-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Human Development and Family Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Loma Linda, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s human development and family studies students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Loma Linda University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Of the 4,468 students enrolled at Loma Linda University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Loma Linda University]](/colleges/loma-linda-university/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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